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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1906
Page
2
A Freeport Journal issued label from the International Typographers Union or related body recognizing the newspaper’s use of union labor in intermechanical departments. The badge acknowledges adherence to union standards and worker representation in production.
The city council meets this evening in regular session. Knights of Columbus hold a meeting tomorrow. Cascade laundry closed Thursday for Woodman picnic. Union Loan and Building Association stockholders elect directors tonight. Lady Foresters hold a special meeting at St Marys hall this evening. Deer Creek bridge awarded to Wm W H Shows for 1409 dollars, bids ranged 1400 to 1610. Culture club meeting postponed to next Monday evening.
A fragmented OCR note mentions a ceremony or event at a Be We Begget venue with names unclear. The readable portion references a affectionate gesture titled heel hug and a character or group named Ganars. Further specifics are not legible.
Freeport shut down Hawley and moved near the top of the percentage column after a 8 to 3 loss to La Crosse on Sunday. Saturday results had Freeport 2 La Crosse 1. Other scores: Wausau 6 Oshkosh 3. Green Bay 1 Eau Claire 5.
About 1500 fans witnessed Freeport defeat La Crosse 8 to 3. The visitors used rough plays to pad their league percentage while Warhop dominated with nine strikeouts. Key moments included Geyer scoring on a series of errors and Moriarity’s three-base hit sealing the win.
The local team faces Schneiberg and rival Scott in a nine inning showcase. Scott dominates with six strikeouts to Schneiberg's four while Konetchy homers and Cahill doubles. The game features base running drama, steals, and a tense seventh and eighth inning near-misses as Warhop presides at the bases.
In Wausau, the team triumphed 10 to 5 over Oshkosh as Gaspar and Karnell joined Staf ford Bourgeois and Moore in the battery. In Green Bay, the home club defeated Eau Claire 8 to 3 with Witteros Schulkowski Connors Fisk and Backus applying pressure to secure the win.
Wausau hosted Oshkosh in a tightly contested game with Miller the Duluth pitcher arriving to pitch for Wausau tomorrow. Final: Wausau 2 Oshkosh 4. Watreth Lane Karnell Botts ford Flynn Moore Green Bay. In Green Bay Eau Claire Chippewa Falls won 5 to 1 in the opening game of their series. Green Bay 6. Eau Claire 5. Batteries Every Backus and Akin Conners.
DeWitte Easton known as Jack Easton secures release from Freeport and signs with Woodstock Typewriter for the rest of the season. He departs for Woodstock to pitch, with a good salary and winter factory work awaiting him. Fans celebrate his move and wish him well in his new home.
Warhop improves with three strikeouts in the sixth. Reid may miss today’s game due to a wrist injury. Schneiberg’s temper flares after boasting of defeating locals. Barlow and Moriarity execute a double steal after two days’ rest in Milwaukee. Pink and the rest watch Warhop and Jones as capable umpires. Boland hopes to stay with the team long term. Gwin loses weight on the trip while hitting. Bond laments two errors as La Crosse eyes a new third baseman. The same teams play today and Tuesday with Rau Claire visiting for four games starting Thursday.
At tonight’s meeting the city council will likely introduce the annual appropriation ordinance. The anti cigarette measure is also slated for discussion and possible action.
An old advertisement parries quack cures and failed remedies that harmed stomachs, offering Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy. The piece cites Joseph Fimmert in a dated promotion.
Large crowds gathered as Rev William A Sunday extended his stay to preach a farewell sermon and help raise money for the local Y M C A. Converts reached over three hundred, with substantial subscriptions totaling about 2 thousand dollars from morning and 1 9 hundred from the morning session plus 75 at the women’s meeting and 4265 at the men’s meeting.
Saturday Evening Mr Sunday spoke on the vicari ous atonement citing Heb 9 12 14 and urged the blood of Christ as the single means of reconciliation. He argued the atonement unfolds across ages not a single picture, noting Adam and Eve, Israel, and Jesus Christ, with emphasis on the universal need and personal responsibility before God. He challenged infidels and warned listeners that salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ, urging repentance and rejection of secular ideas.
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